Sentences with phrase «up by a quarter»

Millions of Americans will, of course, be affected with rates going up by a quarter point.

Just like it did a year ago, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday sent its key short - term interest rate up by a quarter of a percentage point.

Within hours of the rate cut, real estate site Zoocasa said traffic was up by a quarter.

In Northbrook, lunch prices bumped up by a quarter last year.

The Camping and Caravanning Club has reported bookings to sites in the Northern region are up by a quarter and in Scotland by more than 30 per cent.

«And he has supported a failing economic plan which has pushed Britain into a double - dip recession and is leading to borrowing going up by a quarter so far this year.»

Things that affect school discipline, which got worse under this government, the whole school truancy gone up by a quarter since this government has been in power.

Now those losses are negligible and profits have gone up by a quarter, he says.

Meanwhile, it also nudged the APR on the BankAmericard Cash Rewards card up by a quarter of a percent.

While the digital future of journalism — as a — has proven particularly challenging (with the New York Times, for example, trying app after app), the number of Times» subscribers has shot up by a quarter of a million or 21 percent in the final quarter of 2016.

Not exact matches

For example, if the second quarter GDP is up 3, percent this means that the economy has grown by 3 percent over the first quarter.

Total debt for the quarter was $ 2.8 billion, up $ 89 million from December 31, 2017, including debt issued for acquired aircraft, partially offset by scheduled principal payments.

Paul Ferley, assistant chief economist at RBC, expects positive results for consumer spending in the quarter overall (up an annualized 2.8 % in Q2 from a weaker Q1), but noted that retailers are still dealing with modest levels of spending by households.

For $ 999 per year up front or $ 99 monthly, customers will use a kit sent by the company each quarter to take blood, urine, stool, and saliva samples, and then send them back for testing.

Fortescue Metals Group has reported increased iron ore shipments over the December quarter, but the benefits have been offset by costs of expanding and ramping up operations.

For the quarter ended July 20, Dick's adjusted earnings were 96 cents a share, up from 82 cents a year ago, but less than the $ 1.00 expected by Wall Street and even its own forecast of $ 1.02 a share to $ 1.07 a share.

This was followed up by a further decline in April (the first month of the second quarter), which was the fifth decline in six months.

Feehely says the unemployment rate has gone up by almost 1 % in Alberta this quarter while delinquencies on mortgages have not risen yet.

Of course by the next quarter if I felt ripped off I could advocate for seven percent or maybe ops requirements needed to be upped to 20 percent for one quarter.

The oldest law school in Canada, McGill, ranks just under U of T. Its highly regarded law journal is cited by The Supreme Court of Canada more often than any other university - affiliated journal, and McGill law graduates regularly make up a quarter of The Supreme Court's annual clerkships.

Total produced 2.703 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe / d) in the first quarter, driven by ramp - ups and new acquisitions, up more than 5 percent compared to the same period in 2017, and above analysts» estimates of 2.663 million boe / d.

Recently, Equilar, a research firm that focuses on board recruitment, put together a Gender Diversity Index and predicts that the board of directors on the Russell 3000 list — the 3000 largest companies based in the United States — will achieve parity, with a membership made up of 50 percent women and 50 percent men, by the fourth quarter of 2055.

The idea was simple, effective, and brilliant, but it would have died in Blakely's Atlanta kitchen had she not followed it up by phoning, then visiting, every hosiery mill in North Carolina, until her conviction overwhelmed the skepticism she met in all quarters and she found a manufacturing partner.

Its shares were up by more than 8.7 percent on strong fourth - quarter results.

Marks & Spencer ended up by more than 1.3 percent after keeping its fiscal - year guidance unchanged on Thursday and announcing a better - than - expected performance in both clothing and home - product sales for its third quarter.

The numbers, as reported last month, back it up — this year's second quarter saw 48 home sales priced at $ 5 million or higher, the most activity in almost a year and a half, according to a report by Miller Samuel Inc. and Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

In the first quarter, revenue came up short by 5 percent, and profit missed, too — IBM turned in $ 3 per share, versus the $ 3.05 expected.

Revenue last quarter was up 78 percent from a year ago, while the net loss shrank by 25 percent,» he writes.

To mark a quarter century of Just Do It, Nike this week dropped a new ad featuring star athletes like LeBron James, Serena Williams, Gerard Pique and Andre Ward, all narrated by Bradley Cooper, that urges you to step up your game.

The stock is already up by 54 % since that lowly September day, and Facebook's third - quarter revenues of $ 1.26 billion (up 32 % year over year) beat Wall Street expectations of $ 1.23 billion.

The hotel industry expects up to a quarter of Perth's hotel rooms to be filled by delegates attending next month's LNG18 conference, though the number of people attending and the flow - on economic benefits to the state remain unclear.

For the hardworking employees who haven't taken off some time by a quarter or third of the way through the year, they'll get a week chosen for them when they are simply not allowed to show up at the office.

Though «Daily Show» host Trevor Noah's ratings ticked up in the first quarter of the year and «The President Show» resonated with audiences, if not with some critics, network representatives still remember fondly Stewart's and Colbert's domination of the 11 - t0 - midnight time slot among key demographics pined over by advertisers.

It was Home Depot's highest - ever quarter by revenue and a period that saw online sales tick up 23 %.

Berkshire Hathaway, billionaire Warren Buffett's investment vehicle, beefed up its media holdings in the fourth quarter by taking a stake in 21st Century Fox (FOX).

Although Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) were lower, and the number of new listings fell to 31 from 43 in the first quarter of 2011, the amount raised through secondary financings was up by 89 %, and the amount raised through supplemental financings was up by 19 %.

British hedge fund Man Group was also higher, up by 4.4 percent, after announcing that funds under management rose 10 percent in the first quarter.

A glimmer of good news: by the final quarter of 2016, oil prices were beginning to rebound, pushing the company's average realized crude selling price up 4.9 %, to $ 45.97 a barrel.

Expectations had run high for Twitter since the messaging service, which for years had fought to revive growth in users, surprised Wall Street in the second quarter by signing up 24 percent more people globally.

Three - quarters of millennials surveyed by CBRE said they are living at home because wages have not kept up with property prices.

Netflix «stepped up» its investment in comedy by releasing a whopping 17 stand - up comedy specials this quarter, including a pair by Chappelle.

That was up from 8.3 billion euros in the first quarter of 2015, but slightly below an 8.73 billion euros forecast by analysts polled by financial information company FactSet.

Operating revenue for the quarter totalled a record $ 4.07 billion, up from $ 3.64 billion, helped by the business cabin where revenues were up nearly 14 per cent on higher traffic and prices.

Fiscal second - quarter iPhone unit sales are expected to be 51.9 million, up from 50.8 million a year earlier, according to average analyst forecasts compiled by Bloomberg.

While the U.S. economy shrank a surprisingly sharp 2.9 % in the first quarter of 2014, the worst quarterly performance since the first quarter of 2009, the economy is expected to improve drastically in the second quarter helped by better weather conditions, some pent - up demand after a harsh winter, and job growth.

If Tesla hits that target, it means the company has effectively ramped up production, in part by reducing the number of Model S options — a goal it outlined last quarter.

The economy may be healthy enough for them to raise interest rates, but the new 0.5 percent to 0.75 percent target for the benchmark fed funds rate, up a quarter point from where it had been, remains far below the historical norm — and, by all indications, the Fed still expects rates to stay low for at least a few more years.

Further, we do not expect the bond market to sell off and interest rates to go shooting up when the Fed raises the interest rate from zero by an eighth or a quarter percent.

Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (vrx) reported its first profit in six quarters, helped by a one - time tax gain, and raised its full - year earnings forecast, sending its U.S. shares up 13 percent in premarket trading.

He talked about the potential of such an option after Cineplex reported a fourth - quarter profit of $ 28.8 million, up from $ 23.3 million a year earlier, that was boosted by concession stand sales.